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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do journalists rank on the polls?
(a) Journalists are not polled.
(b) Way below lawyers and car salesmen.
(c) Near lawyers and car salesmen.
(d) Way above lawyers and car salesmen.

2. Why did singer, Julio Iglesias snub his own son?
(a) To prevent his son from pursuing a music career.
(b) For media attention.
(c) As a joke.
(d) To prove a point.

3. According to Bill, what would a Hillary Clinton presidency likely bring?
(a) A decrease in anti-terrorism measures.
(b) Massive government cutbacks.
(c) An increase in anti-terrorism measures.
(d) Massive government spending.

4. How did Bill's father handle situations?
(a) He incorrectly analyzed them, and was afraid to act.
(b) He incorrectly analyzed them, but was not afraid to act.
(c) He correctly analyzed them, and was not afraid to act.
(d) He correctly analyzed them, but was afraid to act.

5. How are fathers who abandon their children punished?
(a) Severely.
(b) Rarely.
(c) Never.
(d) Unfairly.

6. As Bill states at the end of Chapter 1, what is the primary responsibility of a parent?
(a) To give their children tools to build a happy, but not necessarily successful life.
(b) To give their children the tools to build a happy and successful life.
(c) To provide their children with the money and resources to build a happy, but not necessarily successful life.
(d) To provide their children with the money and resources to build a happy and successful life.

7. Which one of the following is not listed by Bill as a way that religion can help people?
(a) It helps people deal with stress.
(b) It helps people get through life.
(c) It helps people make moral distinctions.
(d) It helps people prosper financially.

8. What does Bill think is an example of something that the government does well?
(a) Enforcing laws.
(b) Fighting wars.
(c) Spending money.
(d) Making laws.

9. According to Bill in Chapter 2, what intensifies the behavior of adults?
(a) Their families.
(b) Their friends.
(c) The government.
(d) The media.

10. What is the new "spirit of selfishness"?
(a) Entitlement spending.
(b) Income redistribution.
(c) Invasive policies.
(d) Government expansion.

11. What does Bill think that many people spend too much time doing?
(a) Feeling sorry for themselves.
(b) Feeling sorry for others.
(c) Worrying about keeping friends.
(d) Worrying about making new friends.

12. What is the difference in the budget for the "Big Dig" highway and the actual cost of it?
(a) It was budgeted at $2.6 billion and cost over $15 billion.
(b) It was budgeted at $8.4 billion and cost over $14 billion.
(c) It was budgeted at $7.8 billion and cost over $12 billion.
(d) It was budgeted at $5.6 billion and cost over $10 billion.

13. What is the new name Bill has given the hypocritical group, the ACLU?
(a) The Anti-American Corrupted Liberal Union.
(b) The Awful Civil Liberties Union.
(c) The Anti-American Civil Liberties Union.
(d) The Appalling Civil Liberties Union.

14. How did Congressman Torricelli's scandalizing of the CIA hurt the country?
(a) It caused a massive amount of spending for the CIA trial.
(b) It caused other countries to dislike us.
(c) It caused internal anti-terrorism intelligence to stop.
(d) It caused external anti-terrorism intelligence to stop.

15. What can stop the cycle of parental abuse?
(a) Sympathy and understanding.
(b) Money.
(c) Intelligence.
(d) Effort and conviction.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long before the Malvo sniper case did INS refuse to deport Malvo when they had the chance?

2. As stated in Chapter 4, what has led to the decline of the network news ratings?

3. According to Bill, what types of images and sounds flood television and radio?

4. According to Bill, what kind of advantage do people of privilege have in finding friends?

5. What did the animosity between Clinton and FBI Director, Louis Freeh, cause?

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